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On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Marjorie Ridgeway and Jamie Cathey about their work on show at the new gallery Ridgeway Studio and Gallery. Ridgeway talks about setting up the gallery in June and using it to showcase her own work in acryl... Read more

On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews photographers Dennis Weis and Greg Muhr about their volunteer work photographing fires for Portland Fire and Rescue. They talk about shooting fires such as the Korean Church in downtown Portland and the Elks... Read more

OJM Human Rights KBOO blurb On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Scott Miller and Judy Margles about the new permanent exhibit at the Oregon Jewish Museum, Human Rights after the Holocaust. They talk about five of the 30 articles of the UN... Read more

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Nancy Truszkowski, Executive Director, and Joanne Radmilovich Kollman, oil painting instructor, of the Oregon Society of Artists, about their annual Rose Festival show, which is on now through June 28. They... Read more

On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 11.30 am Joseph Gallivan interviews Bruce Guenther about the new shows “THE JEWS OF AMSTERDAM, REMBRANDT AND PANDER,” and “ BUT A DREAM, SALVADOR DALÍ.” The Amsterdam show is on now at the Oregon Jewish Museum until Sept 24 and the Dali thro... Read more

On Tuesday, June 7, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Sima Familant about the show ‘Between Two Points’ which is on now through October 15 at the Lobby at the Ellen Browning Building at 28th and Division Street. Familant spoke by Zoom from her home in Austin ab... Read more

On Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 11.15am (note the early start) Joseph Gallivan interviews five artists and one professor about the work at Portland State University’s Masters and Bachelors of Fine Art program. At the show at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU, Joseph... Read more

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Mark Andres about his show “Saudade” [ pronounced sau-DA-ji ] which is on now at Augen Gallery through May 27. Andres talks about his use of shadow and silhouette, how he has partly changed his mind ... Read more

On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Ellen George about her show “Slow Gestures” which is at PDX Contemporary Art until May 27, 2023.  George talks about painting on birch plywood panels that warp off the wall, her use of precious metal... Read more

On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Robin Friend about his show “Bastard Countryside”, which is on now at Blue Sky Gallery through May 27.  Friend talks about hunting disused and overgrown industrial and military sites in his homel... Read more